With his dynamic and divine delivery, Messenger Elijah Muhammad unravels the mystery parable given in the bible of "The Prodigal Son." Translated from audio to paper, this book is calling the American so-called negroes to reclaim their own and recognize that they are the answer to that biblical parable and that God is now here in person...

(Piano Duet Play-Along). The Piano Duet Play-Along series gives you the flexibility to rehearse or perform piano duets anytime, anywhere! Play these duet arrangements with a partner, or use the online audio tracks to play along with either the Secondo or Primo part on your own. Features 9 great duets: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Romance")...

Detective Max Rupert's and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons. Max is still struggling...

Frequency-Domain Control Design for High-Performance Systems serves as a practical guide for the control engineer, and attempts to bridge the gap between industrial and academic control theory. Frequencydomain techniques rooted in classical control theory are presented with new approaches in nonlinear compensation that result in robust,...

In these essays, Roger Parker brings a series of valuable insights to bear on Verdian analysis and criticism, and does so in a way that responds both to an opera-goer's love of musical drama and to a scholar's concern for recent critical trends. As he writes at one point: "opera challenges us by means of its brash impurity, its...

This book addresses an important aspect of how language is used in written communication: the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, their readers or the text itself. This is known as METADISCOURSE. Metadiscourse is a key resource in language, as it allows the writer to engage with readers in familiar and expected ways....

This is the only resource to provide a step-by-step framework and expert guidance for preparing a health policy analysis final paper or a capstone project for courses in health policy, public health, and health policy analysis. Building on a blend of theory and practical considerations for creating a successful policy analysis, the text guides...

* On an unchartered island in the South Pacific, Nazis have uncovered the secret of transforming animals into a human-like army of killers. A team of British and American operatives is sent on a search-and-destroy mission. The team quickly finds themselves in a nightmarish war with savage animals that think they are men!

In this book, bestselling author Delavier introduces exercises for slimming, shaping and toning. Bestselling author Frederic Delavier brings his singular style to active women serious about slimming, toning and shaping their bodies. Like having an X-ray as you work out, Delavier's "Sculpting Anatomy for Women" features full-colour...

Something big is happening. Virtual Reality is not only becoming the driving wheel of the new world economy, it is building a new cultural order. The "Age of Virtual Reality" is in its infancy, yet we already live in a virtual world. Through video games, iPods, iPhones, online social networking, and movies, we are migrating toward...

This book of structured activities for use in teaching about culture, ethnicity and diversity comprises easy-to-use classroom and training exercises that are both engaging to participants and effective as learning tools.The contributors offer tools to those teachers and trainers who strive to increase understanding of and communication between...

"A critical introduction to Organisation Theory that you can understand, apply and enjoy!" This book addresses fundamental questions such as what is organisation theory and why does it matter. It explores the historical development of organization theory from its origins right up to present-day debates. It asks what challenges it...

Designed by top Italian designer Emanuele Pizzolorusso, the Crumpled City maps make a fantastic gift: a great souvenir, a brilliant way to anticipate a trip to the best cities in the world or simply an inspired design object. Made of soft, untearable Tyvec, they are 100% waterproof and are designed to be scrunched up and slipped into the small...

A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book In thismagical picture book, a young boyspends an overnight visit withhis nana and is frightened to find that the city where she lives is filled with noise and crowds and scary things. But then Nana makes him a special cape to help him be brave, andsoon the everydaysights, sounds, and smells of the city are not scary...

Leonardo da Vinci defies categorization. He was an artist, scientist, mathematician, engineer, and more. He truly was a Renaissance man. This comprehensive volume presents the biography of a remarkable man using his own words and works. Readers will come to appreciate the genius of the inventor who devised early airplanes and helicopters more...

What happened at Essendon, what happened at Cronulla, is only part of the story. From the basement office of a suburban football club to the seedy corners of Peptide Alley to the polished corridors of Parliament House, The Straight Dope is an inside account of the politics, greed and personal feuds which fuelled an extraordinary saga.Clubs and...

This book deals with aspects of the gender imaging of God in a variety of medieval kabbalistic sources. It provides the key to understanding the phenomenological structures of mystical experience as well as the thematic correlation of esotericism and eroticism that is central to the kabbalah. The author examines the role of gender utilizing...

"The finest writer of paperback originals in America." - Stephen King "Readers of weak constitution should beware." - "Publishers Weekly" "McDowell has a flair for the gruesome." - "Washington Post" Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family...

Faux amis (or "false friends") are French words that look and sound like English words but have entirely different meanings than what you expect, causing potential misunderstandings and awkward situations. "French Faux Amis: The Combined Book" will help you avoid these embarrassing misunderstandings. It's written in...

Following the success of Anatomy for the Artist and Sketch Book for the Artist, this latest title from the acclaimed artist Sarah Simblet investigates the extraordinary structure and variety of every type of plant-from mosses and lichens to flowers and trees-and teaches the reader how to draw them.

Competition and diversity in media and communications are fundamental to a healthy economy and democracy.In India and internationally there is no consensus on the exact manner and scope of interventions that are appropriate to protect competition and pluralism in media markets.Many emerging economies including India are seeking to adopt their own...

The history of Pakistan's nuclear program is the history of Pakistan. Fascinated with the new nuclear science, the young nation's leaders launched a nuclear energy program in 1956 and consciously interwove nuclear developments into the broader narrative of Pakistani nationalism. Then, impelled first by the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan...

The fast-changing business world of today is far different from just a few years ago. Success in today\'s marketplace requires new leadership techniques, new thinking, and an eye on the future . . . . In Make It So: Leadership Lessons from Star Trek: The Next Generation?, Wess Roberts and coauthor Bill Ross take their inspiration from...

The colony ship Intrepid is falling into a star. The ship's AI has lost control of the engines and core systems. Battling a saboteur who strives to isolate him, his last act is to wake Colonel Tanis Richards from stasis. Tanis finds herself alone on a dying ship, unable to contact the AI. She must discover what has happened and save the...

In The Reality of the Mass Media, Luhmann extends his theory of social systems-applied in his earlier works to the economy, the political system, art, religion, the sciences, and law-to an examination of the role of mass media in the construction of social reality. Luhmann argues that the system of mass media is a set of recursive,...

Cool syncopation, funky riffs and smooth, stylish tunes from dynamic to nostalgic, Pam Wedgwood's series has it all. Christmas Jazzin' About is a vibrant collection of original pieces in a range of contemporary styles. So celebrate the festive season in style with these jazzy arrangements of popular Christmas carols.

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for...

Modern physical science is constituted by specializedscientific fields rooted in experimental laboratory work and inrational and mathematical representations. Contemporary scientificexplanation is rigorously differentiated from religiousinterpretation, although, to be sure, scientists sometimes do thephilosophical work of interpreting the...

From Noah to Moses to King David, every story in the Bible points to a baby, the child upon whom everything will depend. A Bible like no other, this book invites children to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the center of God's great story for salvation. Full color.

Accent on Achievement is a revolutionary, best-selling band method that will excite and stimulate your students through full-color pages and the most complete collection of classics and world music in any band method. The comprehensive review cycle in books 1 & 2 will ensure that students remember what they learn and progress quickly. Also...

Strength training is one of the most important aspects of any fitness program. You should be involved in a strength-training program if you have any of the following goals: - Weight loss - Better overall fitness - More strength and muscle tone -

From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy selling Warriors Don't Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South. Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans...

America began, we are often told, with the Founding Fathers, the men who waged a revolution and created a unique place called the United States. We may acknowledge the early Jamestown and Puritan colonists and mourn the dispossession of Native Americans, but we rarely grapple with the complexity of the nation's pre-revolutionary past. In...

Over the course of five decades, Jann Wenner has put an indelible stamp on American culture. As founding editor of Rolling Stone, Wenner and his trailblazing magazine came to embody the freewheeling excesses of the sixties, shaping and reporting on a countercultural narrative that still exists today. As a subject, however, Wenner has proved...

Everybody knows that penguins belong at the South Pole and polar bears live at the North Pole - but what would happen if, one day, a family of picnicking penguins accidentally got lost? When the hapless Pilchard-Brown family find themselves at completely the wrong pole, they need Mr White, the friendly polar bear, to guide them all the way...

Zach is forced to make a decision about his future which impacts the people closest to him. While Zach continues to battle his personal demons, someone from his past is heading to Atlanta and once it is revealed how they are connected, fireworks will blast! Zach, however, isn't the only person facing a potential nightmare. Dwight is in the...

Schubert's Impromptus are published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger, a stunning novel of greed and murder in contemporary Mumbai. At the heart of this novel are two equally compelling men, poised for a showdown. Real estate developer Dharmen Shah rose from nothing to create an empire and hopes to seal his legacy with a luxury building named the Shanghai....

The OSI (Open System Interconnection) reference model is the basis of modern data network design, but it underlines the public switched telephone network (PSTN) as well. For voice engineers learning how to send services over data networks, and for Internet engineers learning how to tap into the PSTN, the OSI model is an ideal point of reference....

When Mieke Bal reread the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife as an adult, she was struck by differences between her childhood memories of a moral tale and what she read today. In "Loving Yusuf", Bal seeks to resolve this clash between memory and text, using the same story - in which Joseph spurns the advances of his master's...

This volume gathers the leading research on antibody-drug conjugates and immunotoxins. Following a rigorous overview, the volume delves into focused sections on all aspects of ADCs and ITs from clinical development through to targeted therapeutic applications and the latest technologies.

Plato's Timaeus is one of the most influential and challenging works of ancient philosophy to have come down to us. Sarah Broadie's rich and compelling study proposes new interpretations of major elements of the Timaeus, including the separate Demiurge, the cosmic 'beginning', the 'second mixing', the Receptacle and...

In their travels around the globe, Doreen Virtue and her son Grant (the authors of Angel Words and Angels of Love) meet thousands of talented people who dream of being a healer, spiritual teacheror writer, or of opening a healing centre or school. They also long to be able to afford organic food, vitamin supplements, exercise instruction, trips...

Patients with a range of medical conditions undergo surgeries of varying levels of risk, and the evolving field of consult medicine aims to address their needs, whether pre- or post-surgery. This new edition of The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook provides useful information, advice, and guidelines based on a combination of clinical...

For there to be light, you must first suffer the darkness. The end came at me jagged and skewed like puzzle pieces to a game I didn't know I was playing. There was a distinct method to the madness, every move propagated to force my hand, to lure me out of hiding with the sweet promise of finality. I took solace in knowing that something...

Energy from wave and tidal power is a key component of current policies for renewable sources of energy. This book provides the first comprehensive exploration of legal, economic, and social issues related to the emerging ocean energy industry, in particular wave and tidal energy technologies.This industry is rapidly developing and considerable...

Exciting professional development that works!Discover Edcamp, a model of professional development that's never one- size-fits-all-and always productive. In Edcamp, "unconference" participants create the agenda and lead the sessions, drawing on their individual expertise, and engage in active collaboration for real results....

How did colonial Georgia, an economic backwater in its early days, make its way into the burgeoning Caribbean and Atlantic economies where trade spilled over national boundaries, merchants operated in multiple markets, and the transport of enslaved Africans bound together four continents?In On the Rim of the Caribbean, Paul M. Pressly interprets...

The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 shows that the Western treatment of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War as separate events misrepresents their overlapping connections and causes. The Chinese Civil War precipitated a long regional war between China and Japan that went global in 1941 when the Chinese found themselves...

A persuasive takedown of the pseudo-science that saturates wellness advice as "one by one Warner demolishes popular food myths" (Guardian)Combating "nutri-nonsense" with hard-hitting facts, trained-scientist-turned-professional-chef Anthony Warner (aka the Angry Chef) debunks commonly held beliefs about food that are...

Praise for the Third Edition "Researchers of any kind of extremal combinatorics or theoretical computer science will welcome the new edition of this book." - MAA Reviews Maintaining a standard of excellence that establishes The Probabilistic Method as the leading reference on probabilistic methods in combinatorics, the Fourth Edition...

A New York Times bestseller!"Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. " --Library Journal"Secrets, lies, treachery, and passion.... I read this novel in a headlong rush." --Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan...

Moths aren't like other minibeasts. These creatures are truly magnificent! Readers will learn about 12 different species of moths, each of with unusual and unexpected colours and patterns. Information about life cycles, habitats, and body parts is included.